Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Gloucestershire 🏏

Bats in libraries

Some impressive interiors in this collection of The world’s most beautiful libraries. This caption also intrigued me –

one of only two libraries in the world that houses bats to protect the books against insects

so I had to investigate further

the bats, which are less than inch long, roost during the day behind “elaborate rococo bookcases” and come out at night to hunt insects which otherwise would feast on the libraries’ books. The price of this natural insect control is paid in scat; the bats […] leave a thin layer of droppings over everything. So each morning the floors have to be thoroughly cleaned and the furniture has to be covered at night.

Fantastic result from Glamorgan CC as they chase down 195 to defeat Surrey in the Vitality Blast T20 🏏

Wagg finishes 46 not out, Carlson 58.

Pleasant surprise for a Tuesday evening’s viewing!

Currently reading: Opening Up by Mike Atherton 📚

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights – in charts 📚

Checked in at Delico Deli. Cappuccino & 🧀 toastie.

Checked in at Delico Deli. Quiche, salad & Americano.

Currently reading: Poetry Notebook: 2006–2014 by Clive James 📚

Variation from The Green Roasting Tin – Courgette, Beetroot, Onion and Goat’s Cheese Tart

Cartoon – Tom Gauld on The Odyssey

Leaving an outside light on has attracted a few moths.

Currently reading: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson 📚

Inter-band reading :)

Fantastic! The Selecter at Caerphilly Castle 🎵

Very strange to buy a full bottle of wine in a plastic bottle. It’s a Bulgarian Sauvignon. It’s OK :)